Child missing after suspected crocodile attack in remote Australia
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| Child missing after suspected crocodile attack in remote Australia, illustration photo/ Source: freepik.com |
The child disappeared on Tuesday evening after swimming at Mango Creek near Palumpa, a small, largely Indigenous settlement about seven hours' drive southwest of territory capital Darwin.
"Initial reports stated the child had been attacked by a crocodile," Northern Territory Police said in a statement, adding that officers were now "searching a large section of the creek via boat".
Crocodile attacks are rare but not unheard of in Australia's sparsely populated Northern Territory.
A 4.5 metre (15 foot) crocodile was shot and killed after stalking locals near Palumpa in 2013.
In 2017, a 54-year-old man was mauled in a non-fatal attack in the same area.
Earlier this year, a saltwater crocodile was shot, cooked and eaten after menacing a different Northern Territory community.
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